Uh oh! Ivanka Trump has found herself playing serious defense on a sensitive topic in her father’s new child care plan, which she helped craft. She completely refused to answer the question that was posed so perfectly.
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When Gupta asked whether the benefits would be extended to same-sex couples and questioned how the nominee’s prior statements about women – such as in 2004 when he called pregnancy an “inconvenient thing for a business” – reconcile with his current stance, Ivanka Trump accused her of injecting her own beliefs into the interview. “I apologise”, Trump said, cutting the interview short. “To imply otherwise is an unfair characterization of his track record and his support of professional women”. “Can you talk a little about these comments, and perhaps what has changed?” “I don’t know that he said those comments”.
Ivanka Trump declined to comment, but a source close to her told FoxNews.com: “Ivanka’s focus raising awareness of these issues among a broader more bi-partisan audience have significantly increased the likelihood of this type of legislation being passed during the next administration – whether it is Democratic or Republican”.
“I said, ‘Don’t let it bother you, ‘” he continued”. She also pushed Trump, who is a close campaign adviser to her father, to explain why the paid parental leave plan the real estate mogul’s daughter developed does not extend to men. “I hope that, regardless of what your political viewpoint is, this should be celebrated”. Clinton announced her child care proposals months ago.
“I’m going to jump off, I have to run”, Ivanka Trump abruptly stated.
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Donald Trump previously joked on the campaign trail about Ivanka’s quick return to work following the birth of her son in late March, saying he wouldn’t fire her after she “did a good job” and returned quickly. Consider the following: The Democrats have been trying to pass legislation for years that would assist parents with the cost of child care, but the Republicans have obstructed those efforts.
